Learning Design + Designing for How People Learn with Julie Dirksen — DT101 E42

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Julie Dirksen is a learning strategist with more than 15 years of experience creating highly interactive e-learning experiences for clients, from Fortune 500 companies and technology startups to grant-funded research initiatives. Our conversation today is about learning design and learning in design, as well as her book, Design For How People Learn. We also talk about behavior change, practicing complex skills, and persuasive technology. Show host: Dawan Stanford.</span></p> <p><strong>Show Summary</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Starting her career as an English as a Foreign Language instructor, Julie quickly became interested in finding out how technology could be used for learning. As an instructional designer for over a decade, Julie’s niche interest is in the area of behavior change. She has found that many experts have a deep body of knowledge, but lack the skills on how to teach others. Julie’s experience is that when people who do not have a teaching background try to create a curriculum or teach a class, they are merely mimicking teachers they’ve experienced, and not truly understanding the student’s learning process. What’s missing are learning strategies that a great instructor uses to help their students learn and grow.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">As a result, instructors are not putting essential learning elements into their learning experiences. She felt that there needed to be a good book for instructors to learn from in order to add more effective teaching strategies to their toolbox. Her goal with the book was to provide information on the components that need to be considered before a teacher designs a learning experience so instructors start with a solid foundation.</span></p> <p><strong>Listen in to find out how :</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Instructor knowledge gaps that can lead to an unsuccessful curriculum</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-wei